From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 09:09:51 PDT
Joe...is that your check book or your wallet you have in your hand there
in the first pic? That would be a great way to pose in front of the fine
looking bike/machine (that I can't pronounce it's name or spell) Fred
Martin
GOTAM35 wrote:
> I think we had 9 in the yellow serial when we pulled into the big parking
> lot in Aberdeen. We drove a little slower that the northern guys. I would
> guess about 40 MPH average most of the way. That's just a guess. The
> faster vehicles (M35's and some of the M37's) kept a pretty tight position,
> probably 75 feet? We drove from 4:00 pm on Wednesday until about 1:15 am
> that night. Met up with others in the yellow serial the next morning. Lots
> of rain and poor wipers. Found out the next day my switch/valve for the air
> motor wasn't working right and a screwdriver fixed that problem. Stopped
> every couple of hours at least and walked around the truck. Good thing, I
> noticed the bottom radiator hose dripping at our "supper" stop Wednesday
> night. A little torque on the clamp took care of that.
>
> I traveled a little over 1000 miles round trip. My front tires are about
> shot, but they looked like that before the trip. We left Aberdeen about
> noon Saturday and drove strait home, arriving about 1:00 am. I hope we can
> do something like this next year, maybe with a little less rain. Regardless
> I plan to attend the show and have better accommodations and a bigger TV.
>
> As a side note, I just got back from the DOT office and was able to get a
> couple of titles for some of my trucks. The two from GL didn't have a model
> year. Why's that?
>
> Oh, yea, I put a few pictures on my web site, but nothing compared to some
> of the others. Just a couple.
>
> http://www.joetrapp.com/pages/679981/index.htm
>
> Joe Trapp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
>
>
>>I have, like many of you, I'm sure, enjoyed the many great photos from the
>>convoy and Churchville. I do have some questions and perhaps some of the
>>participants don't mind answering;
>>How many vehicles were there in the convoy?
>>How fast were you driving? How far apart?
>>Did you only drive in daylight? How about rain showers, did the windshield
>>wipers work (mine always need help)?
>>Did you make stops for "equipment checks"?
>>Some of you drove 1000 miles or more, any signs of tire wear?
>>
>>I think a Q&A forum on the convoy could be interesting to all.
>>
>>Any answers or other questions?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Bjorn
>
>
>
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